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Black Rock Mine

Past Producer in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037682
MRDS ID M035853
Record type Site
Current site name Black Rock Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.0707, 38.97241 (WGS84)
Elevation 1451
Relative position 5 MILES EAST OF YERINGTON, NEV.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yerington NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 026E 21 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.0707, 38.97241
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Filling Of Fissures Within Fracture Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yerington

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN BUT THOUGHT TO BE QUITE SMALL. PROBABLE DEVELOPMENT IN LATER YEARS PRODUCED ORE OF UNKNOWN QUANTITY

Comments on the workings information

  • LIMITED DEVELOPMENT REPORTED IN 1910

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F. L., MARCH 5 , 1910 , YERINGTON COPPER DISTRICT, MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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